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Definition of Pandion haliaetus

Pandion haliaetus
Fishhawk Fish"hawk`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The osprey (Pandion halia["e]tus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

Meaning of Pandion haliaetus from wikipedia

- The osprey (/ˈɒspri, -preɪ/; Pandion haliaetus), also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan...
- osprey (Pandion (haliaetus) cristatus) from Australia and southeast Asia. Extinct (fossil) species: †Pandion homalopteron Warter 1976 †Pandion lovensis...
- nape. The subspecific treatment Pandion haliaetus cristatus distinguishes the crest from other subspecies of P. haliaetus, the name taken from ancient Gr****...
- (Pandion haliaetus), or, depending on the authority, two species Western osprey, Pandion haliaetus Eastern osprey, Pandion cristatus Pandion, the highest...
- Gr**** forms lie behind the equally correct latinizations haliaetus (as in Pandion haliaetus) and haliaeetus. Lerner, Heather R.L.; Mindell, David P. (2005)...
- There are two species: Eastern osprey Pandion cristatus, found in Australia Western osprey Pandion haliaetus, found across the Old and New World Osprey(s)...
- osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. The subspecies Pandion haliaetus haliaetus...
- it is the second most wide-ranging species after only the osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Few other eagle species are as numerous, though some species like...
- frequent prey of many fish-eating predators such as the Western osprey (Pandion haliaetus), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and common kingfisher (Alcedo...
- the plumage of the more accomplished raptorial diver, the osprey (Pandion haliaetus), white-tailed eagles prefer not to get their feathers wet as it can...